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    NBN to finish on time: Quigley 13 October, 2011 15:36:00

    The high speed National Broadband Network (NBN) will still be completed on time despite delays in the rollout of the $35.9 billion project across Australia, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
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    BSA: US retains top ranking in IT environment 28 September, 2011 01:03:10

    The U.S. continues to be the country with the best environment for IT companies, but Malaysia and India made significant advances in the Business Software Alliance's new IT Industry Competitiveness Index, released Tuesday.
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    Conroy suggests fibre to reconnect disaster-affected customers 10 February, 2011 13:17:00

    With the apparent increased frequency of naturally disasters, communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has suggested Telstra should consider the use of fibre, rather than copper, to reconnect customers affected by Cyclone Yasi and the January floods.
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    Sceptical businesses stall on carbon reduction 31 March, 2010 01:22:00

    In the wake of the Copenhagen summit, many executives are taking a view that "the jury is still out" on the seriousness of climate change and behaving in a cautious manner similar to that of businesses addressing the internet in 1995, according to experts.
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    CIOs Need to Talk 02 June, 2008 08:32:32

    In March, a celebrity business speaker was booked to entertain an audience of CIOs in Amsterdam. He worried it would be a tough gig for an audience that would be hard to warm up. "The CIO is a troubled person at the moment," he explained, "Many of them think they may be losing their jobs."
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    Bridges Over Troubled Waters 06 August, 2007 12:46:55

    Acting as a bridge, spanning the gap between the business and IT, good business analysts are increasingly sought after by enterprises wishing to extract more value from their current and future information systems. But finding a business analyst is not easy: there are only 60 paid-up members of the Australian Business Analysis Association, and the Australian chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis claims a paid-up list of 120 members
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    Australia still an IT follower, not leader, says study 06 August, 2007 08:01:26

    While a recent study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) identified Australia as amongst the best in the world when it comes to IT infrastructure and global competitiveness, a Catch 22 between research and development (R&D) and the IT skills shortage has cemented the country as a follower rather than an innovator.
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    Is it possible to ROI a project to death? 27 March, 2007 17:53:48

    Despite perceptions that IT projects today are "ROI'd to death", organizations are still struggling to control demand for IT services and allocate scarce resources to where they are of most value.
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    Devil in the Detail 03 February, 2006 11:27:52

    Formulating strategy is one thing. Executing it throughout the entire organization . . . well, that's the really hard part.
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    Surviving the New Normal 11 October, 2005 09:47:51

    Tsunami, bombings, hurricanes - the past year's disasters have been a wake-up call for Australia's government risk management practitioners.
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    Greying of a Nation 07 August, 2005 14:31:18

    With life expectancy on the rise, and birth rates falling, the ageing of the population is becoming a major political issue and a problem for governments of all stamps
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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